起 (hei2 | qi3) : to start; rise; get up

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起

hei2

qi3

[1] [v] begin; start [2] rise; stand up; go up; get up [3] [v] happen; take place [4] [v] unfold; uncover [5] build; establish [6] a numerical classifier for incidents

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: (#156)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

起

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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對不起 deoi3 bat1 hei2 dui4 bu4 qi3 = sorry; let sb down 國

一起 jat1 hei2 yi1 qi3 = together 國

起眼 hei2 ngaan5 qi3 yan3 = eye-catching

掀起鑊蓋 kin2 hei2 wok6 goi3 = take the lid off the pot 粵

醒唔起 seng2 m4 hei2 xing3 wu2 qi3 = cannot remember, not able to remember 粵

起立 hei2 laap6 qi3 li4 = stand up

各位請起立! gok3 wai6*2 cing2 hei2 laap6 ge4 wei4 qing3 qi3 li4 = Everybody please stand up!

起碼 hei2 maa5 qi3 ma3 = at least

起身 hei2 san1 qi3 shen1 = to wake up; to get up

起居室 hei2 geoi1 sat1 = living room
See all 171 compounds (CantoDict reports 176 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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對不起，由於下雨，所以我遲到了。國
I'm sorry, I was late because of the rain.

我聽日七點鐘要起身。粵
I need to wake up at 7 o'clock tomorrow.

㨆起啲行李粵
Stack the luggage in a pile.

個男仔挖起棵樹樁粵
The boy digs up a tree stump.
[Lit. [counter] man-child dig up [counter] tree-stump]

有個叫平仔嘅學生起身粵
A student called Ping stood up.
[Lit. have [counter] call Ping-boy [possessive particle] student stand-up]

跌親就企返起身啦！粵
If you fall over, get back up again!
[Lit. fall bad-thing, stand back up body. As the translation suggests, this is actually a conditional sentence, even though it might not seem like it. More explicitly we could say 如果你跌親嘅話，你就企返起身啦！]

佢畀唔起人工粵
He can't pay the wages

對得起朋友
be a true friend

一隻手就掅起桶水粵
He lifts up a bucket of water with just one hand.

我返到屋企起勢噉飲水。粵
I drank water unceasingly on returning home.

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